Mark 6:31 And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.(ESV)
This isn’t a complaint against anyone who has helped, encouraged, prayed, listened, or walked beside me in a busy season. It’s simply an honest look at the place where my feet are standing. Some responsibilities can be supported by others, but not transferred to others. Some work has to be carried by the person entrusted with it.
The disciples weren’t avoiding work when Jesus called them away to rest. They were surrounded by real need and real movement. People were still coming and going. The work wasn’t finished. Yet Jesus still called them to rest. That means rest isn’t always what happens after everything is done. Sometimes rest is the act of obedience that keeps the worker from being consumed by the work.
The lesson isn’t that the work doesn’t matter. It does. The lesson is that the servant of Christ is faithful, but not infinite.
Walking With Christ 
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